Teacher Literacy Educational Consultant
Job Description
Teaching Matters (http://www.teachingmatters.org), a leading non-profit educational organization, is seeking exceptional educational coaches to implement a ground-breaking teacher effectiveness support model for urban schools. This career opportunity offers the right candidates the chance to have a major impact on urban K-12 teachers and students.
Teaching Matters is dedicated to increasing teacher effectiveness, one of the most critical factors in student success. Over the course of nearly two decades we have partnered with more than half of New York City’s 1,750-plus public schools. During the past year we provided in-depth programming to approximately 1,600 teachers reaching 23,000 students in over 100 schools—the majority in underserved areas.
The primary role of the Literacy Educational Consultant will be to support teachers and administrators in NYC public schools in the following key areas:
– implementing common literacy curriculum and assessments.
– deepening pedagogy aligned to the Danielson framework.
– developing teacher teams to support instruction and student learning.
– developing the leadership competencies of teacher leaders.
– Assist school administration by recommending school-wide systems and structures that support increased teacher collaboration and student learning.
Work will primarily be school-based and require intensive interaction with school leaders, teacher leaders, and teachers.
Responsibilities include:
– Support teachers and school leaders in implementing best instructional practices in the ELA classroom and deepening content knowledge and pedagogy of teachers.
– Conduct a needs analysis of schools, analyzing data, conducting instructional walks with administration, observing instruction, and reviewing curriculum.
– Develop an action plan for coaching aligned with a measurable goal for the work.
– Execute on a coaching action plan, refining and revising when needed to meet the needs of the school.
– Build teachers’ capacity to effectively implement Common Core aligned curriculum and analyze data effectively to drive instruction.
– Differentiate teacher support based on individual needs
– Facilitate teacher teams reflecting on practice, analyzing data, and looking at student work toward the goal of improving student outcomes.
– Develop leadership skills of teacher leaders
– Guide school leaders in making critical changes to systems, structures, and communication in their school, leading to an environment where professional collaboration is embraced and student success is the focus.
– Lead refinements to Teaching Matters’ programs in response to needs identified in schools.
Key Qualifications:
– Minimum of 4 years experience as a literacy coach/school leader AND minimum of 4 years (grades K-12) of teaching or equivalent experience.
– Demonstrated effectiveness in achieving ambitious, measurable student results in reading and/or writing.
– Experience facilitating teacher teams / groups to achieve student outcomes.
– Dynamic presenter, comfortable engaging large groups of educators in professional workshops and work-sessions
– Proven success in advocating for change in high-needs schools
– Demonstrated knowledge of classroom management strategies.
– Experience in urban schools.
– Technology skills with current computer software, including word processing and online collaboration tools.
– Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, well organized.
– Excellent writing and communication skills.
– Superior interpersonal skills to motivate and lead others at all levels within a school.
– Demonstrates deep commitment to Teaching Matters’ mission, vision, and core values.
– Bachelor and Masters Degrees required.
***Teaching Matters is unable to hire any employees of the New York City Department of Education within one year of the end of their employment.***
This is a per diem role.
